The genesis of Bangalore Airport goes way back to Year 1972 when a humble beginning was made appointing Bangalore Airport as Customs airport for unloading aircraft parts etc. The present air cargo complex evolved out of the Bangalore airport and came into existence on 2^nd September 1983 for facilitating imports and exports. Initially the cargo facility was mostly utilized by major public sector undertaking viz., M/s.HAL, HMT, ITI, ISRO, BEL etc, as during those days Bangalore was the hub of PSU’s. Gradually the industrial base of Bangalore expanded and soon it became the IT Capital of India, also popularly called as Silicon valley of India. The growth of air cargo complex has been concomitant with the growth of IT in Bangalore (the growth has been phenomenal in terms of volume of work for air cargo for both export & import in the past 5 years). A major development in the functioning of air cargo took place with the introduction of EDI from 19^th Nov 1998. Currently all export /import processing are done on EDI. Bangalore now has a distinct presence on the International cargo map for imports and exports. M/s.AISATS and M/s.Menzies Bobba are the authorized custodians of all the import/export cargo under section 45 of the Customs Act 1962.

TOP 10 COMMODITIES IMPORTED
Sl.No.	Commodity	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10 (Upto Feb 2010)
1	Electrical Machinery (Ch.85)	734.54	765.59	705.43	504.76
2	Machinery excluding Machine Tool & Bearings (Computers & Parts) (Ch.84)	657.51	781.89	619.14	395.42
3	Optical, Photographic & Medical Equipment	244.34	279.61	291.61	221.62
4	Organic & Inorganic Chemicals and Miscellaneous Chemical Products	30.97	16.57	28.08	12.93
5	Plastics & Articles thereof (Ch.39)	31.45	32.11	33.75	29.66
6	Machine Tools, Parts & Accessories (Ch.84)	31.78	39.37	32.61	20.07
7	Tools, Implements & Articles of Base Metals	57.73	39.37	69.13	52.72
8	Articles of Iron & Steel (Ch.73)	39.22	32.11	47.33	25.81
9	Gold	48.23	21.29	42.43	91.38
10	Rubber & Articles thereof (Ch.40)	14.66	18.67	18.60	13.11
11	Man-made Staple Fibres & Filaments	0.58	3.31	3.24	2.77
12	Articles of Stone, Plaster & Cement etc. (Ch.68)	7.40	6.70	6.60	5.42
13	Baggage	0.54	0.65	0.95	0.71
14	Ball or Roller Bearings (Ch.84)	24.04	21.29	18.21	9.84
15	Silk (Ch.50)	0.11	0.09	0.18	0.19
16	Dyes, Colors & Varnishes (Ch.32)	7.06	6.70	5.70	5.66
17	Copper (Ch.74)	6.24	5.83	4.81	2.91
18	Iron & Non-Alloy Steel and Primary Materials (Ch.72)	2.74	0.32	0.41	0.71
19	Other Base Metals (Ch.81)	6.17	5.56	6.66	4.09
20	Pulp, Paper, Paper Board & Articles thereof (Ch.48)	3.28	2.61	3.49	3.41
SUB-TOTAL		1948.59	2079.62	1938.36	1403.19
REVENUE FROM ALL OTHER COMMODITIES		103.81	212.44	118.58	123.40
TOTAL GROSS REVENUE		2052.40	2292.06	2056.94	1526.59
TOTAL NET REVENUE		2008.45	2238.00	1984.43	1444.78
PERCENTAGE (%)CONTRIBUTION TO TOTAL REVENUE		94.94	90.73	94.24	91.92

WORK LOAD INVOLVED IN A.C.C. DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Sl.No.	Subject	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10 (Upto Feb 2010)
1	Number of Bills of Entry	241064	254670	303884	287827	237555
2	CIF Value of Imports (in Rs. Crores)	25191.17	30871.02	38063.23	29738.99	31448.67
3	Number of Shipping Bills	177688	182006	232325	211234	191707
4	FOB Value of Exports (in Rs. Crores)	14375.41	18791.09	23128.62	16756.37	12064.88

STATEMENT OF NET REVENUE REALISATION (Rs. in Crores)
Sl.No.	YEAR	S.B.E	ACTUAL REALIZATION	% OF TARGET REALIZED	PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE / DECREASE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR’S COLLECTION
1	2005-06	1290	1361.27	105.52	10.24
2	2006-07	1796	2008.45	111.83	47.54
3	2007-08	2500	2238.00	89.52	11.43
4	2008-09	2810	1984.43	70.62	-11.33
5	2009-10 (Upto Feb 2010)	2099	1444.78	71.92	-22.18

DRAWBACK
Sl.No.	YEAR	NO. OF CLAIMS	AMOUNT SANCTIONED (CUSTOMS + CENTRAL EXCISE)
1	2006-07	29308	79.09
2	2007-08	43693	128.40
3	2008-09	55046	173.20
4	2009-10 (Upto Feb 2010)	37475	131.38

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF AIR CARGO COMPLEX
1	Shri SURESH KUMAR, I.R.S., Additional Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Air India SATS Air Freight Terminal, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-22001431 / 22001432 E-Mail ID : suresh.kumar@icegate.gov.in
2	Shri K.V.V.G.DIWAKAR, I.R.S., Additional Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-27688258 / 27688264
3	Shri T.V.RAVI, I.R.S., Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-27688267
4	Shri M.PERIASWAMY, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Air India SATS Air Freight Terminal, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-27688252 E-Mail ID : perisamym@icegate.gov.in
5	Ms.K.Manasa Gangotri, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Air India SATS Air Freight Terminal, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-27688253 E-Mail ID : Kata.Gangotri@icegate.gov.in
6	Shri L.Beimopha, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-22001430 E-Mail ID : lbeimopha@icegate.gov.in
7	Shri V.P.Shiva Kumar, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-22001408 E-Mail ID : Shivkumar.P@icegate.gov.in
8	Shri Sudhir S.Bhatkande, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore. Phone No.080-27688266
9	Shri MOHAMMED IRFAN AZIZ, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore.
10	Shri B.RAGHU KIRAN, I.R.S., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex, Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt. Ltd. Building, BIAL, Devanahalli, Bangalore.

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